Sex Idol

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Title: Sex Idol-------------------------------- Date: 04/26/2000
Keywords:    "god" "idolatry" "sex"

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Passage: Luke 16:13*

No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

Question

How can this verse apply to the idolatry of pornography?

 

Practical help

Though Jesus specifically mentions money in this passage, set your theological parameters aside and tune into the basic message: The human heart cannot accommodate dual deities. It's either God or money. Or God or power. Or God or porn.

Depending on how long you've let your sex idol rule, unseating it may come with great ease ("I'm not going to look at that smut again"), great difficulty ("I can't imagine resisting the temptation") or somewhere in between. Wherever you find yourself, swallow hard and bear Jesus' words in mind. You can't serve a cafeteria-plan Ultimate Authority.

Once you decide to go with God -- you did decide that, right? -- the path away from idolatry follows. For more resources, check out other eXXit resources on the main page.

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